Group B streptococcal infection in a tertiary hospital in India--1998-2010

This retrospective study was done to determine the incidence of neonatal Group B streptococcal sepsis among newborn between 1998 and 2010. Among 107,692 babies born during this period, the overall incidence of Group B streptococcal sepsis was 0.76/1000 live births with the incidence of early onset s...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2014-10, Vol.33 (10), p.1091-1092
Hauptverfasser:	Sridhar, Santhanam, Grace, Rebekah, Nithya, Ponmudi J, Balaji, Veeraraghavan, Niranjan, Thomas, Manish, Kumar, Anil, Kuruvilla Kurien, Atanu, Jana Kumar
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Antibiotic Prophylaxis - methods Humans Incidence India - epidemiology Infant, Newborn Infection Control - methods Retrospective Studies Sepsis - epidemiology Sepsis - microbiology Streptococcal Infections - epidemiology Streptococcal Infections - microbiology Streptococcus agalactiae - isolation & purification Tertiary Care Centers
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Zusammenfassung:	This retrospective study was done to determine the incidence of neonatal Group B streptococcal sepsis among newborn between 1998 and 2010. Among 107,692 babies born during this period, the overall incidence of Group B streptococcal sepsis was 0.76/1000 live births with the incidence of early onset sepsis being 0.68 (95% confidence interval: 0.52-0.83)/1000 live births. The overall rate of early onset sepsis decreased to 0.55/1000 live births with introduction of intrapartum antibiotic policy.
ISSN:	0891-3668 1532-0987
DOI:	10.1097/INF.0000000000000377